NEHA Vector, Weed Control, and
Pesticide Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What is the primary emphasis of the control of houseflies, roaches,
and rats? -
correct answer ✅Basic community environmental sanitation to
eliminate conditions that make possible their survival and
reproduction
What are the objectives of pest control? -
correct answer ✅Integrated pest management involving the use of
a combination of educational, cultural, biological, physical,
chemical, and legal measures
What is the primary reservoir for the hantavirus? -
correct answer ✅Deer Mouse
What does the federal insectidcide, fungicide, and rodentice do? -
correct answer ✅Provides that an environmental agency
registration number is put on all pesticide products
Provides registration of pesticides manufacturing and formulating
provides for state certification of applicators
,NEHA Vector, Weed Control, and
Pesticide Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What is a restricted classification pesticide mean? -
correct answer ✅it is highly toxic and requires special knowledge
and equipment for application
How long does bacteria live in a digestive system of a housefly? -
correct answer ✅4 weeks
What is causing malaria prevention programs to lose their
effectiveness? -
correct answer ✅Inadequate funding and research
Adaption of mosquitoes to new environments
Resistance to certain insecticides and resistance of the parasites to
drugs
What transmits Rocky Mountain Spotted fever? -
correct answer ✅Dog ticks
What is a chigger? -
correct answer ✅The larvae form of a mite
, NEHA Vector, Weed Control, and
Pesticide Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What is pediculosis? -
correct answer ✅Infestation of lice
How long should the storage of clothing, bedding, and other lice
infested items be done for to ensure the starvation of the lice? -
correct answer ✅30 days
What is scabies? -
correct answer ✅The infectious disease of the skin caused by the
burrowing of the female mite into the skin, where it deposits its
eggs
What wasps attracted to? -
correct answer ✅Bright-colored clothing
Hair oils
smooth-textured clothing
What is the peak seasonings for breeding rats? -
correct answer ✅Spring and fall
Pesticide Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What is the primary emphasis of the control of houseflies, roaches,
and rats? -
correct answer ✅Basic community environmental sanitation to
eliminate conditions that make possible their survival and
reproduction
What are the objectives of pest control? -
correct answer ✅Integrated pest management involving the use of
a combination of educational, cultural, biological, physical,
chemical, and legal measures
What is the primary reservoir for the hantavirus? -
correct answer ✅Deer Mouse
What does the federal insectidcide, fungicide, and rodentice do? -
correct answer ✅Provides that an environmental agency
registration number is put on all pesticide products
Provides registration of pesticides manufacturing and formulating
provides for state certification of applicators
,NEHA Vector, Weed Control, and
Pesticide Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What is a restricted classification pesticide mean? -
correct answer ✅it is highly toxic and requires special knowledge
and equipment for application
How long does bacteria live in a digestive system of a housefly? -
correct answer ✅4 weeks
What is causing malaria prevention programs to lose their
effectiveness? -
correct answer ✅Inadequate funding and research
Adaption of mosquitoes to new environments
Resistance to certain insecticides and resistance of the parasites to
drugs
What transmits Rocky Mountain Spotted fever? -
correct answer ✅Dog ticks
What is a chigger? -
correct answer ✅The larvae form of a mite
, NEHA Vector, Weed Control, and
Pesticide Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What is pediculosis? -
correct answer ✅Infestation of lice
How long should the storage of clothing, bedding, and other lice
infested items be done for to ensure the starvation of the lice? -
correct answer ✅30 days
What is scabies? -
correct answer ✅The infectious disease of the skin caused by the
burrowing of the female mite into the skin, where it deposits its
eggs
What wasps attracted to? -
correct answer ✅Bright-colored clothing
Hair oils
smooth-textured clothing
What is the peak seasonings for breeding rats? -
correct answer ✅Spring and fall
